TANAPA to benefit from Chinese Academy of Sciences

Tanzania National Parks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences whereby the duo have agreed to work together for the mutual benefit of conservation sector in the country and particularly in National Parks.

Speaking during the official signing event, the Director General of TANAPA Allan Kijazi said that the MoU would boost and enhance higher education training through research, training, innovation, technological development and capacity building in areas of mutual interest.

Kijazi further mentioned that the two parties would exchange experience and resources in areas such as biodiversity conservation, effective utilization of bio- resource, water pollution control, and strategies for solving conflicts with communities, tourism and environmental protection.

On his part, the Executive Director of Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, CAS Professor Qing Feng Wang commended the decision by TANAPA to enter into Mou with his institution believing that the move will assist TANAPA in managing better the National Parks.

Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre had already sponsored three staff from TANAPA to attend a short course on ecology in China last year and they have also offered three Masters degree Scholarships for TANAPA staff to be implemented soon.

Some of the TANAPA Management team posed in a group picture with a delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences after the official signing of the MoU between the two institutions.

Director General of Tanzania National Parks Allan Kijazi (right) and Executive Director of Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Qing-Feng Wang signing Memorandum of Understanding between their institutions in Arusha yesterday.